Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] seem [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By either course we need a considerable background of information that may seem to be largely useless until the creative moment arrives . |
| 2 | There is one well-known materialist account of different modes of knowledge that might seem to be useful here in preserving the ‘ mode of knowledge ’ approach against the need for the more drastic behaviouristic alternative . |
| 3 | Using similar materials in joint replacements , heart valves , membrane oxygenators and haemodialysis membranes presents specific problems associated with , for example , their biocompatibility , strength and permeability that might seem to be absent in contact lenses . |
| 4 | The intention was to relate the linguistic variation revealed to social patterns within the communities themselves , avoiding prior assumptions about social norms that might seem to be imposed from outside . |
| 5 | There is no neurophysiological model of the kind of convergence that would seem to be necessary for the many different sensations of the moment to be brought into synthetic unity , without loss of their individual distinctiveness and specificity , into the instantaneous sense of ‘ being here ’ ; or of the manner in which experience of many different moments can be synthesized into a sense of continuing self without those moments losing their separateness in memory . |
| 6 | According to Judge Abraham Sofaer , Brunei was picked especially because it received no assistance already , and would seem to be returning no favours ; it was never intended to get anything beyond appreciation . |
| 7 | To some extent they are an elaboration of the ‘ pathfinder ’ approach developed in the USA , and would seem to be a more inspiring approach than the typical literature guide . |
| 8 | This rather formal term found in Scottish English is often used in academic writing in Scotland , and would seem to be a clear case of dialectal variation between different standard academic registers . |
| 9 | Comparable data from H 2 receptor antagonist maintenance trials are limited , but would seem to be similar for both cimitidine 400 mg once daily ( estimated reduction in DU relapse rate compared with placebo ranges from 26% to 37% ) , ranitidine 150 mg once daily ( estimated reductions of 24%. 39% and 48% ) and famotidine 20–40 mg once daily ( estimated 32–34% reduction in relapse rate ) . |
| 10 | In the USA the not-for-profit sectors dealing with heads of major museums , art galleries and universities are increasingly searched by headhunters and this may well be a sector in Britain that uses search in the future , particularly if more of those organisations continue to receive increased levels of funding from the corporate sector , as would seem to be the case . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it seems implausible that most male English adults readily consented to having no political rights , as would seem to be the implication of Locke 's arguing that England was a country with government by consent . |